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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-02-11
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EW ORLEANS,

Is the best newspaper published In
the South,
Because;
It's able editorials from the pens of
accomplished writers deal with the
great and live issues Of the day.
It's complete Geographic service, es-
pecially its Southern service, has
reached a point Of perfection never be-
fore attained by amy journal publlshedin
this section; and 10 day the TIMES
DEAoCRAT stands abreast with the
leading papers of the United States.
Its commercial and market reports
are carefully prepared and can be relled
upon for accuracy and completeness.
oThe SUNDAY edition (I2 20 10 pages)
has In addition to the news and other
material contained in the daily, columns
of original and contributed reading
matter carefully selected, giving the
latest events In the world mind Of
Fashion ana Of Society.
A special feature is it's unsurpassed
TRANSACTIONS Of the choicest literature
to be found In the foreign press.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-02-11

~sandbagged AZ Ru-.,


Mobile Register. eth inst.
Mr.. John Lawrence Lavr.,,.
OF Mobiles oldest and wesl., Que
cifizeus, was sundbaegad .slest
Biloxi, Miss, Saturday niob, y
bad gone down TO the MobiIe ne
train 10 give TO lbe cohduc,o.Ssse a
train The key TO the storrres ~
his restaurant, in the cIty. NM q
given the key to Condnctor
Potter 10 be delivered her. ~
he started MP the track tOwsnl,' s \
Moniross Hotel, leaving ths',,..IIsa
remaining 1T the Station. prs.AlA
Is he found himself tollorest
three men, one of whom ~,
front OF him while tho other iro y
saulted behind with a cloh n
man IN frpnt struck him across ~ ~
face with a sand bag, aud M Ivy ~
renee fell unconscious acros.
track. The meu we're then sus
creding to relieve Mr.. Lawrpu.py ~
some *4UO he had on bis per,os
whru The passenger train eaSs
along.
Engineer Frank Coffin sav
man lying across the track ~
three mep standing over him. M.
train had NOT attained mucb hsaS
way, else Mr. Lawrence would Nv.
been run over. Engineer CoTs
called back 10 Conductor pot,..
that there waaa man on the traeL
and the conductor FASTENED fOr'
ward.
The three sandbag.ers took \
their heels and escaped. Mr. Inv,
rencc was put on the tram md
brought 10 the city. He MAS M.
conscious for nearly half an hour
pr. Rhett GoOde being sent for. q.
amiuel the woRnds and found tbDt
the eighth lib is broken, and that !
bad welt had been received across
the nrper part OF theface. TheSr
injuries would not be considered
srrions but for the age of the IN.
jured mau, who is Y years old.
Dir. Lawrence passed a quiet
aud the fever no had seems
to have passed away. His rssOy.
cry IL \ matter of time /; he may Ia
confined TO his bed for several
months y 18th the broken rib. The
sandbaggcrs did not secure any
money OF Yaluables.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-02-11
An Editors Pleasant Life.

There arc but very lew peOps
who are aware u the pleasant lie
u newspaper man leads. His path.
way Is streWn With the brightest Of
flowers, and upon u dOwny couch
he rVpOSes. His daily life is QUE
continued round OF unallUyed hap
pinrss. This il Why so many yOuns
men aspire to become editors.
There is no end to the tun therv
Is IN the business, as will bs Learned
IRON reading the following Of IN
editor whose style Of writing was
calculated to arouse people to deeds
Of gore. Being himself rot much
on his muscle, lIe found il necessa
~ 10 keep "A lighting editor, aud 10
had speaking tube CONNECTED With
The peelrr's rOOm, To call him vhsp
hanger arrived.
Oar 'lay a gentleman, whom tho
editor had referred To as Il 'crOsE
eyed dromedary,T came in to n.
quest a correction, and ~ The hght
Ing editor WAS out, no didn't re.
sInHt 10 the signal of dislres;
audi while the editor and his ynil0r
were ON the hOor under his desk,
Tie iuimer agreed 10 correct bis
mistake, and the irra!e man leiL
Prslty sOun u geHtlemaH from Tho
rural districts came in TO give tho
editor q big squash aud get q no
lice, aud about that time the fight
Ing editor rsturned, aud u boy N
his rOom told him the boss wanted
help. The man OF war was quick
10 respond, and daShing into Tue
chiefs room, aud seeing the lalRf
ia ! sOmeWh hat diSeHlrred condition,
the result OF his previous visitor, Do
thought the c%ountfvmsu was ihe
cause Of it and clincbed him; and
after Shaving up some InrnltuFs'
ran the victim across the strestW
where an empty hrarSe was stand
Ing ia trout OF underwriters shop
Into tho vehicle ho jammed lBs
farmer and shut the door. Ihs
cOmmotiOn ho had created scared
the horses attached 10 the hsarsfi
and they started oil Oh a dead Tnn'
People soon noticed the runava!
and ran after il, aud we're shOcEsa
etbehOIdIng tine hearse collide WIN
y ,oSt and become a complete wTeel
and their horror at seeing . humas
body prrcipitatcil TO the side"aA
WAS only equalled By their aiaa.s
Inent at scOing it spring nlIn0!
It's feel and take on across y.
country yelling ''murderF' Ivy
thought it an attempt TO bur!
man alive, and part of then uss'
and got the undertaken to W..
aim, while the rest pursued w
who was found hiding ll
,wamp. Aud after he was orouE-
n il took over three hours Ios
Dlaln matters. and then the ialn~
rent before a justice Of the pe.
md made affidavit that ne NY!
Q be struck by lightning IL nes''
a newspaper ONCE asA'A'
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-02-11

A pair OF devoted pareal,
had buried their hopes Nita
Only little boy, had lnscrioe.
the slab at his head.
ave conho, always have thinE
Poor little wHIis has gone - Jes',
A wicked and sacreligiou,
printer happened along y
gFare, saw the inscription
under il With his lead
sws cannot always sometimcs to-
Perhaps little Willie has gooe %
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-02-11

Ex-PREsIDENT r. b. HAfS
becu Appointed by the 6oss ~
Ohio Trustee Of tLe Quo
University fer the term b
years beginning Nay An
apjpintment has bfen co''
ny the Seaate.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-02-11

One Of the latest sereBade songs
10: % tell ne Love is the Dog
tied up.S
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02
Growth From Action.

No faculty is developed. no quality
is acquired. no power is gained, except
by constant exercise; and If we desire
our young people to grow up into value
able men and women, we must accus-
tom them gradually, but steadily, to
assume responsibility, to exert their
will and force of character, to give out
as well as to take in, to act as we'll AS
to learn. Then, life will be a success
sion of steps naturally following each
other, each of which will prepare tho
way easily and thoroughly for the next,
and each of which will bring new light,
broader views and higher abilities W
bear upon increasing duties and re.
sponsibilitics Us they arise, -Public
Ledgcr.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02
Care of OiI.C Cloth.

1t ~injuges oii-cIoth to be scrubbed
with q brush-scaling off the paint and
dulling the yarnish. After sweeping
il clean wash il with soft flannel clotL,
and luke-warm water Or cold tea. On
no account use soap Or hot water.
When the oil-cloth is dry rub it well
with a small portion Of beeswax soften
ed with q little %turpentinc, using for
this purpose \ soft furniture polishing
brush. Washing an oil-cloth once II
fortnight with skinned milk and water
and in the spring and fall with q little
linsccd oil, rubbed in well with a rag
and polished with q piece of old silk, will
keep it looking fresh and bright for
several years. -Dctroit Tribune.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02
SLOW
Use to Which Turtles Are Put Alo ny
the Amazon River.

h Use to Which Turtles Are Put Alone
the Amazon River.
"some years ago." said u friend.
who was a famous traveller, and with
whom | was exchanging turtle expert.
ences, Il found myself up the Amazon
so far that l imagine l was the only
really white man in the country. The
natives and half-bred Portuguese held
undisputed possession. was we'll re.
ceived everywhere. the people being
extremely hospitable, and among the
curious things that I noticed was TINT
Almost every family kept turtles Just as
We do pigs. In other words, attached
to nearly every little house was a pep
or corral in which one or more turtles
were confined as the family meat.
supply, and killed as occasion re-
quired. The turtles were extremely
large, some weighing two hundred and
nifty pounds, and were three feet in
length, and proportionately stout and
bulky. l found that they formed one
Of the most important articles of diet in
the country. and many of the natives
earned a living by catching and selling
them to the sicher people.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02
Spanish Moss in Louisiana.

The supply Of moss in Louisiana, on
the seaboard and on the streams in the
lower parishes, is immcnsc-probably
inexhaustiblc. Thousands of square
miles Of forests arc festooned with It,
and. were the present crop gathered
and the woods left bare, but a few
years would elapse before it would be
as abundant as before. The low, wide-
spreading live oaks and sweet gum,
and the facility Of running wagons
everywhere under trees, present ad-
vantages for gathering it not found
elsewhere. Its merits and chcapness
have created a large demand for it in
England and as it becomes known
throughout Europe, it must inevitably
supersede all other materials for the
purposes for which it is adapted, and
certainly become an important item
In our export trade as well as home
consumption. -AbdcviMe [La.) Meria.
ion
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02
Destroying Canada Thistle.

The easiest aud surest way to dc.
stroy Canada thistlcs is to give an abso-
lutte umncr faliow, by which no green
thing Is allowed to appear above the
surface. Shallow blowing once in two
weeks during n seasons growth will
do this. If there are rocks. stumps.
etc. all these places must be hocd
thoroughly at each blowing. If the
remaining weak roots should send up
tops the next season. y thorough cul.
tivation in corn will kill out those re.
naming. The prevention of any green
plant from making leaves for one whole
season wiz totally eradicate it. --farm,
Field Nni stock1aan.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02

my first glimpse at tbe,.
see, ~1' . at shi : small n;..'.h hut rh a,:' :,
made of the shell of o,a = BATH
to my becoming acquaip,. s1o III WI
originals for my host oS s = VIII
terest in the animals void =,
regularly-organized hunt ls ~, ne Y
place in a few days, and a. %
were'going he invited mo - =: aa
On the morning of the hunt "! !''aiAs
little settlement about five m W VENT
river, and there waited ,o ,r' = y
party the members Of vb II, ne ne sat
irving every minute in the;r wen
tours and fives. Having som s' ?.
wait l went ashore and str ,aIaS '!s
ana at one of the houses .s
that the turtles in their usstpIna,,' ~
not restricted to food but WERE s s,, /
by the native children as na,,' uaha
ors. Hearing a shouting n r', oaa
corrals l looked over the ts sas Of
there were two little urch;n s' y
mounted on a large turtle, sn, y
IDENTIFY racing, as each rider 40. WV = i
OF the SHE'LL and with a piece Of '' y
boo split at the end urged The " ~ y
matte steeds along at a pace p Fs3
might have been a mile a weak ,. 1
turtles. aroused at the noise y !
blow would scramble ahead l
for it certainly could not be- fa.' y !,
the moment their heads protrud %i
enough to see the diminutivs y
they would take alarm, draw in ~, -!
tall and feet, and stop suddenly ~ "
cover courage and repeat the man,
yer a moment later--the riders ~,
ing the performance by standin, ' ~
the backs Of their steeds and f,;, II
about like circus riders. K. r m1'
IN Mautauquan.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
DO THE BEST YOU CAN.

II in this world you would succeed,
You must be brave and true;
Don't stand aloof and slight your work
Because it's hard to do.
II troubles come and sorrows rise,
Then show yourself . man;
Let courage nerve you for your work,
And do the best you can,
And in your study or your play,
Determine TO excel;
Don't lag behind. but "hoe your row."
And strive to hoe 1t we'll.
In oil your play, in oil your work.
Just try the golden plan:
Be ready, active, brave and bold,
And do the best you can.
LIES battle now ia fairly on,
And there is work to do.
Will you be active in the fight.
And to your colors true!
You see the men around you now
Who thus their lives began;
Then courage take, brave efforts make,
And do the best you can.
Elliott NcBrtdl.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02
AN ANT COLONY.

How the Nurses who Tend the baby
Ante Are P~rotected-The Fighters.
Shall I tell you a story of two little
sisters who went berrying one bright
summers day? They picked and
picked away until they had filled their
baskets, and then they set out for
home. On their way they felt tired
and sat down to rest. And where do
you think they sat? Why, on the side
of a mound that some ants had built.
l wish you could have seen those
ants come out. They are very angry
little creatures when they think any
one is disturbing their home. They
stung these little girls heads and
hands, SC the girls thought. But the
ants did not really sting them. They
bit them and then put into the wounds
a tiny drop of poison which made the
wounds sting and burn.
The mounds which these little work.
ers build are from one to three feet in
height, and from two to thirteen feet
wide.
These mounds are connected by o
cred streets which are dug by the ants
themselves. Darts of these roads are
tunnels, like the tunnel of the Hoosac
railroad. Other parts are like little
bitches. and have a roof of sticks.
leaves and earth. 1t is thought that
these roads are made for the nurses, to
protect them from the enemies of ants,
about which you will hear by
and by. Because if the nurses
should be killed, the baby
ants would die for want of
care. If you or l should happen to
disturb one of these roads, away
would 90 a whole host of ants to re-
pair them.
The mounds are full of little rooms
where the baby-ants are cared for.
Some people think the mounds are
built on purpose for the babies and
their nurses. For the other ants seem
to work outside and have no need of
the covered streets in order to protect
themselves.
If those ant babies should all begin
to cry what a noise there would be!
A thousand babies crying at once, and
the nurses walking the floor with them
would certainly make a stir in the
house! The nurse-ants do keep run
ming up and down stairs n great deal.
lfit be too hot or cold, or too wet, the
baby-ants must be carried up or down
stairs, as the case may be.
The mound builder ant is a delicate
but wide-awake ant. When these ants
advance upon their enemies, they bite
right and left. but hop about merrily, |
to avoid being bitten themselves. If
they are fighting with larger ants, they
jump up on their backs and seize them
by the neck. That does not seem hard.
ly fair, does it? And what seems
meaner still. three or four will capture
n of their foes, and each will pull a
different way so that the poor creature
can not escape. Then one of them
will spring upon its back and saw its
head of.
These ants like sweet things to cat;
80 when you 60 to visit their city you
must carry some candy, that they may
have a little feast. -Fann,e A. Deaue,
in Our Little Men and Women.
SLOW STfEnS
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02

There are eighteen thousand opsI
ativcs engaged in the shirt, collaF ~. y.
cuff trade Of Troy, N. T.. ana ~
amount Of their wages for ~"
amounts to nearly $7,OOO,OO0
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-02
TRUE HONESTY.
Tho Act Of = Young Man Boo,N.
which W. How "the Boy l. p,.s
tn tha MANI 2etM

Tine Act Of . Young Man Ro,..,.
Which show vs. How "the Boy l, y,s
to the Man" a
"Shine, sir?"
And a bright, manly-lookinglaI
nine summers stepped up to a eent|
man in the Grand Central depot. NJ
York, and casting his large brown NJ
up into his face, asked: "Shine, si,1
II want my shoes polished" said
gentleman.
Then, l would be glad to ,bI
thcm.' replied the boy.
Have l time to catch the Bsltimol
and Ohio train?"
"No time to lose. sir. l can esye I'd
a good job before it pulls out"
Certain of it?"
Eyes, sir. Shall u"
"Yes."
And in a pair Of seconds the booI
black was down on his knees, aa
placing his box in preparation, was J
work.
Don't let me get left" said \
gentleman.
II won't, SIR replied the boy, as J
piled both brushes with rapidly.
whats your name9'
paul Fay"
as your father living"
''Nu, sir, he Is dead-no one b
mother, l and the children. The trdI
is going, SIR"
The gentleman reached his hand
his pocket, and drawing out a slvs
half dollar handed it to the boy, VII
pulled out a lot of change, and bsa
to count out the correct amount, IN
gentleman moved off toward the trail
fearing he would get left, and beiaa
the little fellow could get to him ~
train pulled out.
Two years later the same gentleml
was called to New. York on business
He had forgotten the little bootbad
and his forty-five cents change.
As he wandered up the street y
second day after his arrival, he vi
approached by a lad who said:
"Were you ever here before?"
Eyes, hubby" was the reply.
"WhenP' the boy asked.
"About two years ago.
Didn't l shine your shoes at Y
Grand Central depot"
"Some boy did,
"Well, l am the boy, sir. and oVd
you forty-tive cents. l tried to get' y
the train, but ] couldn't honest! !
couldn't-and here is your money !
was afraid l would never see you sssil|
I didn't intend to keep your money
and saying this, the boy pulled out
lot of change, and, taking fo'ty'h'1
profFered it to the gentlemsA
The letter--written in Atlsnts, "a
which relates the above incidentvl a|
its pleasant sequel, mentions the rec's|
of MI. -, one Of the most vi
and honorcd citizens Of that Guy
He was the boy who many years AZ
BACKED the New York gentleman
boots ut the ''Grand CentrM'-snd NJ
the "changc." ii
The fact that the New York gents
man was SO pleased with little ~
hat he adopted him and educsted n'A
,nly adds a circumstance to the Olos
of a boy who probably won. \.
AVE grown up agood man without y
i'd Of wealthy friends. One acs Y
'imple integrity illustrated bis cas'S
Grand his sacrifice to principe v.
here and eternal. Yo""s W"
,anion.
R1 .r1 ~ nIHH
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01
O'Brien On Trial for Sedit.on.

Cork, Sept. 24.-O'Brien, who is charged
by the governm.nt with sedition under the
coercion act, was taken to-day from the Cork
all 20 Mitcbe,stown were the alleged seditlous
language was used, to stand trial before the
court there. As be left the city under guard
OF a detachment OF hussars and police, he
was loudly cbeered. Upon their arrival at
Mitchelstown O'Brien was received with ire.
mendous cheerirg e by the large crowd which
had gathered TO welcome him. The crowd
manifested grea excitement but there were
no indications of disorder. O'Brien was i'm
mediateiy conveyed by his guards 10 the
court room. Many English ladies were
present TO witness the trial, and O'Brien was
he recipient Of boquets from a number Of
them. When the case Of O'Brien was opened
several policemen were called Is witnesses for
the government. They testified from memory
As 10 O'Brlen's language, which they asserts, Il
tened to inci.e his listeners to violence.
During the hea lag OF this evidence a process
sion armed W tn sticks and headed by a wagon
a band marched into town from the
country. The hussars stopped the wagon,
but allowed the other part OF the procession
10 proceed. The procession took up a posi-.
ton close to the court room, bat order was
observed
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01
Willy HUNTINGTON.
He Cannot be Cornered by the Pacific
Commission.

NEW YORK, Sept. 24-Tle members Of the
Pacific raiiIDal commission were on hand al
10 O'Clock this morning. Mr.. Huntington
took the stand and the examination into the
different letters sent 10 Cotton was again en-
tered upon. The first was In relation to bav.
ing convinced a certain senator from Florida
OF the advantages Of the Southern Pacific road
to the Gulf states. The witness old not know
whether r. was Senator Jones or Senator Con-
over tie referred TO. Knew both senators per-
sonsyy. The next was relative to having a
California senator friendly 10 the road.
Nothing could be extracted fCm Mr..
Huntington on this head except thEt A a.
Sargent, whose name was mentioned, would
have been q most admirable man Tor the posi-.
ton. He was well known and above sus-
picion. Following this cam u letter COM
m~enting upon the sdyisatiiity Of purchasing
Senator jones' {0f NDv&ds) railroad, Los
Angeles and INDEPENDENCE, SO as TO induce
him to favor the Union Psciec aud Northern
Pacific railroads. sinking fund bill. He bought
the road, which eos, s7iG 600, for 100000.
JONES WAS HARD UP,
and witness knew II would make Jones take
a greater interest In the Pacific roads II he
took the other one off his hands; he took It.
Another letter brou ght In Mr.. Huntington's
opinions OF sociaiism and the congresso t 1873.
This is an sgrarian camp. 1t is composed
of the worst body Of men that ever got to-
ge,her In the c.untry."
'Do You recognize your sentiments In that
pss,ageg' asked Mr.. Anderson.
"Well of late yea.si have remarked there
has been q cOnsid radio influx Of these anar-
chists and socialists INTO public PLACES. Ihey
cannot make mOney themselves honestly, but
! have remarked that 81, 900 is q great deal TO
them, and they will DO a lot for less.
Mr.. Huntington then entered into another
exp nation Of how money could be legit-
imately scent IN influencing congress. Mr..
Huntington knew nothing ABOUT the books
OF the Cont act and Finance company. He
knew that after building the Central Pacific
the company, IS debt WAS big, and its assets
nothing but Central Pacific stocks OF less
than the amount Of It's debt. He said:
81 never kept the books OF the company,
and carry most of my own business memo
randa under my hai,'' sail he, land they
very seldom misleao me-"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01
An Interview with Thos. D.. Crllmp

A Journal reporter called on Mr.
Tbos. ID. Crump and obtained the fol.
lowing information in regard to his
recent luck in the Louisiana State
Lottery:
''Mr. Crump, l understand that you
drew a prize in The Louisiana State
Lottery drawing on the 9th ult. p''
Il did"
what was the number of your tick
etp' .'29,l46."
did it represent the whole prize,
or a part of the prl2e2' "A part-one-
tenth of the second capital,
What amount did you receiver
$1,000"
WAS it paid without rebate or
drawback, or did you receive the ful1
amount the ticket representedP" 81
received the full amount"
How long after you were notified
that your ticket had drawn before you
received the money!" Eight days.
"How did you collect the money!
''Our J%onesburg Bank collected IL
through the Laclede Bank Of st. Louis,
and paid it to me-"
ado You consider that the business
o. The Louisiana State Lottery is con-
Quoted fairly; that is, without partial
ity or favorp' Il certainly do
J%onesburg Mo.) Journal, Sept. s.